Goodbye Theresa May

[elisi]

The only sadness I feel is that whoever follows will be even worse. Otherwise I'm with Owen Jones:

Holy hell did he snappic.twitter.com/TVWM9ONKGq

— Na'ama 🌈 (@iknowplacesmp6) May 24, 2019

On a more light-hearted note:

To get your Tory leadership candidate name, take:

1) Your middle name
2) The name of the first road you remember living on as a kid
3) Your favourite utensil

Mine is:

Luke Hopton-Spork

— John Bull (@garius) May 24, 2019

(If you don't have a middle name, go with 'Lord' or 'Lady'. I'm Lady Maria Salt-Spoon. Something something Home Counties.)

ETA:

Sorry but the writers here have really messed up her character arc. There's been absolutely nothing in previous seasons to show she's capable of emotion so this development feels far too rushed. Please sign my petition to re-write the Tory party season finale. https://t.co/p2RVAFyyhY

— Chris Godfrey (@ChrisPJGodfrey) May 24, 2019

Comments

[promethia_tenk]

'Christine Windy-Chopsticks' somehow doesn't roll off the tongue. And sounds pretty racist. Possibly it doesn't work on Americans.

[elisi]

Pretty racist is pretty much a requirement if you want to stand for Tory leader, so you're doing well! :D

[promethia_tenk]

Yeah, I hit post and then went 'or does that mean I've done it right . . . ?'

[elisi]

Most definitely.

They're like Republicans, just posh.

[owlboy]

Arthur Parkes Toastie-Iron

[elisi]

Damn. I think you could be a front-runner!

[gillo]

I have particularly enjoyed some of the extended details some people have added.For example:

IsMyBTBröadbandWorkingTöday? ismybtbroadban1
Replying to bonesjones garius

Árpád Shelley-Whisk.

I'm standing on a mandate of taxing foodbanks.

[elisi]

IsMyBTBröadbandWorkingTöday? ismybtbroadban1
*sporfle* Oh that's brilliant.

I'm standing on a mandate of taxing foodbanks.
Well, someone's got to. (Although I still don't think it beats Annunziata Rees-Mogg's article on how to profit from the world's water crisis...)

[gillo]

Raab has said he will cut basic income tax by 5%, funded by efficiencies in Whitehall procurement. Fantasy land.

Can you imagine what the Rees-Mogg nursery was like? Beggars belief.

[elisi]

Raab has said he will cut basic income tax by 5%, funded by efficiencies in Whitehall procurement. Fantasy land.
MAGIC MONEY TREE!

Can you imagine what the Rees-Mogg nursery was like? Beggars belief.
... I'm trying not to. :(

[sea_thoughts]

YES.

This Twitter thread is pretty good, apart from the bit where he calls her a decent person

Why are we being told to feel sorry for her? She inherited a difficult situation but her choices made it worse. She bears so much responsibility for the mess we are now in. She had the gall to namecheck SIr Nicolas Winton when she created a hostile environment that tears families apart, presided over Yarl Wood and introduced Universal Credit, a source of misery and stress for so many.

[elisi]

This Twitter thread is pretty good, apart from the bit where he calls her a decent person
Hadn't seen that one, thank you.

And yeah, she has been very very good at making things worse. Constantly targeting the most vulnerable. It just makes me SO ANGRY. >:(

[sea_thoughts]

Hopefully she disappears like Cameron.

My Tory leadership candidate name is apparently Jane Chapelclose-Whisk. XD

[elisi]

Hopefully she disappears like Cameron.
*nods* It's depressing how many of them are still around... They say they'll go a way, and yet, here they are again. :(

My Tory leadership candidate name is apparently Jane Chapelclose-Whisk. XD
This things really works! I'd say you were related to Princess Di, and are an ardent Brexiteer.

[sea_thoughts]

Ugh, so I'm mentally and morally messed up. Glad to be me. XD

[elisi]

Same here! :)

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

It's utterly facinating (and I'm taking a mean delight in it all) watching the Torys disappearing into their ever-deepening hole. I just wish I didn't have to live in the mess they're creating.

Marianne Nealstreet - I don't have a favourite utensil (who the hell does?)

[elisi]

It's utterly facinating (and I'm taking a mean delight in it all) watching the Torys disappearing into their ever-deepening hole. I just wish I didn't have to live in the mess they're creating.
Same here. And now they'll all be trying to be worse than Nigel Farage in order to 'appeal to the masses'. *hands*

Marianne Nealstreet - I don't have a favourite utensil (who the hell does?)
I think it was more a way to add another surname? Lots of spatulas.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

OMG, all of these!

Dude...I was not surprised by her resignation. Only sad for the same reason. Someone worse is gonna have a go now...and can we PLEASE get something done with Labour? Corbyn has gone off his nut...ye gods.

And yes, that clip of Owens was played on AM Joy on MSNBC (a network here) and I clapped at his response. Thank you...and bravo, sir!

*HUGS*

[elisi]

Dude...I was not surprised by her resignation. Only sad for the same reason. Someone worse is gonna have a go now...
Like someone said, it's like trying to choose the new ruler of Westeros, except they're all Joffrey.

and can we PLEASE get something done with Labour? Corbyn has gone off his nut...ye gods.
Corbyn is just doing what he's always done. His principles are perfectly fine, he just doesn't seem able to look beyond them.

And yes, that clip of Owens was played on AM Joy on MSNBC (a network here) and I clapped at his response. Thank you...and bravo, sir!
It earned him a Twitter follow from AOC!! I don't think he'll ever have a better moment.